ProTakeoff

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Desktop construction takeoff and estimating software for contractors -- measures PDF plans, compares revisions, auto-counts repeated symbols, builds reusable estimating templates, and exports bid data without requiring a cloud workflow.

3.2 /5 composite score
C1 4/5 reflects the published Solo and Team prices plus a trial, C4 5/5 reflects PDF, CSV, and XLSX export coverage, and C2 1/5 reflects no public API, CLI, MCP, webhook, or documented scripting surface.
Solid

Rubric Scorecard

How we grade →

Criterion Score Evidence
Value for the price 4/5 Subscription, from $13 Source →
Agent Friendliness 1/5 API: none
Ease of adoption 4/5 desktop-install
Portability & lock-in 5/5 4 file formats, export: manual Source →
Interoperability 2/5 --

Pricing

ModelSubscription
Entry price$13
Free tierno
Trialyes
TiersSolo ($13), Team ($76)
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How we verified this: we checked ProTakeoff against its live site and an independent source — github.com. Nothing on this page is listed from memory. See how we grade. Verified 2026-07-17.

Evidence

File formats

FormatDirectionSupport
PDF import full
XLSX export partial -- Official site and pricing page describe Excel export.
CSV export full
PDF export full

Adoption

Deploymentdesktop-install
Implementation requirednone

Data export

Export mechanismmanual
Export scopeper-file

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